Standing By you

I've spent countless nights

Crying over heartbreak

At least

Until I found someone new

At least

Until I found you

Standing by you now

I begin to wonder how

I was sad in the first place

In the presence of your beautiful face

Your grace, it seems

Is the stuff of dreams

Your tender sweetness cheers

And makes me forget my fears

And when I see you standing

Alone at the door

I seethe with desire to walk over

Even more

But your beauty,

The thing that entices me

Is the same

That holds me back

You give me confidence

But make me shy

You calm me down

With intoxicating eyes

Eyes so powerful

Face so divine

I no longer see a reason

Upon loneliness to pine

Standing by you now

If my conscience would allow

I'd hold your delicate hand

With mine own that feels like sand

And like water washes

Over dry, cracked earth

It brings me back to life

A new rebirth

And all this loneliness

And pain are treated

With a sweet smile

And a warm embrace

I forget about my problems

If only for a while

Just seeing you

And your sweet smile

And I figured,

I can't take anymore

I'll walk up to you

Standing by that door

And pour my heart out

With jumbled and confused words

And I won't speak poetically

Nor will I rhyme

Intoxicated by affection

Crushed by common sense

As it holds me back

From sullying purity

Intentions pristine

And your figure agleam

I can't but fall for you

And that is why I write

I write of your

Tenderness and kindness

And intensity of beauty

And your graceful gait

It's not a perfect sonnet

But, standing by you now,

I look at your face, with a smile upon it.